The Brian Lehrer Show
Summary: Newsmakers meet New Yorkers as host Brian Lehrer and his guests take on the issues dominating conversation in New York and around the world. This daily program from WNYC Studios cuts through the usual talk radio punditry and brings a smart, humane approach to the day's events and what matters most in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, On the Media, Snap Judgment, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin and many others. © WNYC Studios
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Steve Clemons, senior fellow and director of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation, Washington editor at large for The Atlantic and blogger, talks about the latest in the tug of war between Russia and the West over Ukraine, and Russia's presence in the Crimean region.
All of sudden, Arizona may be our weirdest state. Gail Collins, New York Times op-ed columnist and the author of As Texas Goes... How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda (Liveright, 2012), talks about Arizona's gay marriage and immigration laws, and how its local politics became a national story.
Dana Rubinstein, Capital New York political reporter, and Errol Lewis, NY1's host of Road to City Hall, set the week in local politics, from Bill de Blasio's counter-proposal for the Domino Sugar development, his moves to close some charters schools, and more.
Kevin Klowden, director of the California Center and Managing Economist at the Milken Institute talks about his new report that explains how California has lost thousands of film production jobs over the past several years while New York has gained more than 10,000 in film and TV. What has New York done to encourage production?
Netflix/Comcast Deal (First) | How Google Hires (Starts at 18:30) | Stanley McChrystal (Starts at 34:40) We're trying something new on the Brian Lehrer Show -- three of our favorite segments from the week, edited together to listen to on the weekend, in case you missed them. If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.
WNYC reporter Janet Babin breaks down the latest housing issues in the city, including today's news that the de Blasio administration is asking for more affordable housing units for the proposed development at the old Domino Sugar refinery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She says Mayor de Blasio's ambitious goal to create or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing and his request to the Domino developers is sending a signal to developers that "we are going to name our price, and it's going to be enormous." Plus: information on a lawsuit that alleges property taxes in New York City are discriminatory. "The price of a 2 bedroom apartment in Manhattan has become a form of birth control." -- caller Jessica. — Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 28, 2014
In the latest Vanity Fair, Nate Silver and Walter Hickey, lead lifestyle writer of FiveThirtyEight, broke down the history of Oscar nominated films. Hickey discusses trends about content, source material, stock characters and more. → WNYC's Complete Oscar Coverage: Documentary Interviews | Oscars Bingo | Julie Whitaker Watched all the Films | Oscars in 3 Minutes Some of the data @fivethirtyeight crunched about Oscar winners. Talking w/ @WaltHickey 11:40 http://t.co/oImU0GQLvF pic.twitter.com/WcslpNrref — Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 28, 2014
Moisés Naím, contributing editor at The Atlantic, senior associate in the International Economics Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, chief international columnist for El Pais and La Repubblica and the author of The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be (Basic Books, 2013), and Joshua Goodman, Venezuela bureau chief at The Associated Press , give context for the current protests in Venezuela, including why they are happening, the media blackout, Cuba's influence on the country and if the protests might bring about some kind of change.
Emily Parker, digital diplomacy adviser, senior fellow at the New America Foundation, and former State Department official, discusses her new book Now I Know Who My Comrades Are: Voices from the Internet Underground (Sarah Crichton Books, 2014) and talks about how protesters and activists are using social media to combat repressive regimes around the world.
Rush Holt, Representative for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District, has announced that he will not be seeking re-election. He will explain his decision, how his background in science informed his work in Washington, and the policies he will be supporting over the next 10 months while he is still in office.
Nushin Rashidian and Alyson Martin, investigative journalists and co-authors of A New Leaf: The End of Cannabis Prohibition (The New Press, 2014), discuss the history of cannabis legalization and the implications of legalized marijuana for the United States.
Andrea Bernstein, senior editor for Politics and Policy at WNYC, explains why Chris Christie is sticking by Port Authority chair David Samson, and Matt Katz, New Jersey Public Radio and WNYC reporter, explains how the slow distribution of Sandy aid money is dogging Chris Christie's reputation and further damaging his chances to be the GOP presidential nominee in 2016.
The Working Families Party helped elect a raft of progressive City Council members, and one of their own - Melissa Mark-Viverito - is now speaker. Bill Lipton discusses their agenda, and how they plan to keep Mayor de Blasio accountable, from the left.
How well do you know NYC history and trivia? With his latest book, I Never Knew That About New York (Plume, 2014), Christopher Winn ventures across the Atlantic to tell us about our home town. And he'll quiz you! If you want to play, call 212-433-9692. If you get two quiz questions right in a row, you'll have a chance to stump Winn and Brian Lehrer with a question of your own! NYC Quiz Question 1: Columbus Circle is the spot from which all official distances to and from NYC are measured. — Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 27, 2014 NYC Quiz Question 2: The seven spikes on the crown of the Statue of Liberty represent the seven seas. — Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 27, 2014 NYC Trivia 3: In the 1920s and 30s, there were up to 48 bookshops located on 4th ave south of Union Square. Now it's just the Strand. — Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 27, 2014 More re this tweet: http://t.co/IMCWL646Oo Shoutout to both the Strand and Alabaster, both holding strong in the former bookshop district. — Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 27, 2014 NYC Trivia 4: The Chrysler Building is still the world's tallest brick building. (You can't see the brick, it's encased in metal) — Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 27, 2014 NYC Trivia 5: The first recorded car accident took place near B'way/130th St on May 30th, 1896, when a driver knocked a woman off her bike. — Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 27, 2014
Reporter Julia Barton and Jad Abumrad, co-host of Radiolab, explain the story behind the phrase "we can neither confirm nor deny" -- also known as "The Glomar Response" -- and how it has come to frustrate so many journalists and others seeking official information.
